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[-] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Oh hey that’s pretty neat

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This was a native American trick, picked up by the boy scouts, on trail marking this tree doesn't seem old enough to be a native trail marker. Odds are it was done by a scout for a merit badge in trail marking.

It's less invasive to stack a few rocks.

[-] colourlesspony@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That makes sense. This tree is right before some mining equipment from the 1800s and a small mine. Maybe it was the miners.

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

thanks for the info. found the Wikipedia page about them

i may try this in our garden :)

[-] greyhaven7@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Except people get pissed if you build cairns.

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